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A LAC BURGAUTÉ SNUFF BOTTLE
JAPAN, 1860-1920 481
The bottle is decorated on either side with a foliate panel, one 53
depicting birds on flowering branches, the other ladies in a garden,
all in silver, gold and shell on a reddish-brown lacquer ground,
surrounded by repetitive geometric designs.
3 in. (7.7 cm.) high, original lac burgauté stopper
$1,500-2,000

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, London, 2005.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4249.
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Ť481
A GREEN-OVERLAY BROWN GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
1780-1850
The bottle is carved through the transparent green overlay
to the opaque coffee-toned ground with orchids, bamboo,
chrysanthemums and prunus growing from rocks.
2æ in. (7 cm.) high, shell stopper
$2,400-3,400

PROVENANCE

Robert Kleiner, London, 2006.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4297.
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